2018 Bugeater GT Warhammer 40,000 Packet

An Independent Tournament Circuit Event

Tournament Information

Army Rules / List Construction: Armies will consist of 2000 points or fewer. Armies will be battle-forged that can include up to three Detachments. That’s it. No other restrictions . Any books released by May 5th, 2018 will be used in the tournament. General Tournament Rules:

Players are expected to have all of their models in compliance with tournament policy: o Models must adhere to the expected norms for WYSIWYG o Models must have three colors minimum to be used in tournament play o Models must be based in order to be used in tournament play o Models that do not meet these rules cannot be used. If a significant portion of a

player’s army is in violation of these rules, they may be asked to withdraw from the tournament.

A printed army list is required for the judges and each of your opponents (minimum of 7 copies required). Each army list MUST contain the following details:

o Player Name o Army Faction (Use ITC rules) o Detachment types o Unit names o Force organization role o Wargear or other upgrades o Points – both the totals and breakdown of points as well

Each player is responsible for having all of the necessary rulebooks, codexes, etc. along with dice, rules, and other needed items for the game.

The Bugeater GT will be using the Chapter Approved and Beta Rules for Matched Play.

The Bugeater GT will be using the ITC Champion’s Missions

Tournament Schedule Saturday Events 7:00-8:00 Check In 8:00-10:30 Round 1 11:30-1:30 Round 2 1:30-2:30 Lunch, Initial Paint Judging 2:30-5:00 Round 3 5:30-8:00 Round 4 Sunday Events 9:00-9:30 Check In 9:45-12:15 Round 5 12:15-1:15 Lunch, Paint Judging of finalists 1:15-3:45 Round 6 4:00-4:15 Awards

The Paths to Victory:

At the Bugeater GT, there are two award paths for general competition: the tournament champion and the sweepstakes champion. Both tracks earn similar awards, are given equal respect, but are designed to appeal to different Warhammer 40k players and their priorities.

Tournament Champion

The tournament champion is the person who has the best win-loss record at the end of the tournament. Only your record on the table top is used to determine the overall tournament champion. Although this is based strictly on win-loss, battle points, painting points, and sportsmanship points are still recorded. Battle Points are recorded to determine your position within a record bracket. Although sportsmanship ranking doesn’t factor into the Tournament Champion, it is still important. If a player receives two sportsmanship scores of ‘1,’ they will be asked to leave the tournament. 1s are only allowed to be recorded after consultation with tournament staff, so two 1s indicate a serious problem.

Sweepstakes Champion Referred to as the “Renaissance Man” at other tournaments, or the “Best Overall” that you would find at a RTT (Rogue Trader Tournament). The Sweepstakes Champion is the individual with the highest total score combination of: -Win/Loss Result = 50% -Painting = 30% -Sportsmanship = 20% This represents the best overall player, who does well on the tabletop, but also has a well painted army and is a great opponent to play against. It is quite possible to lose some of the five matches and still contest for Sweepstakes Champion with strong painting and sportsmanship scores.

Fan Favorite In addition to the Tournament Champion and Sweepstakes Champion, there is also the Fan Favorite award. The fan favorite is the player’s choice for who they feel has the best painted army. This award gets equal prize support to the person chosen as having the Best Painted army by the judges.

The Bugeater Cup Introduced in 2014, the Bugeater Cup is a club competition at the Bugeater. When players sign up, they identify what club they play for. In each of the events, we take the top four performers from each club and combine their scores. Clubs also earn bonus points for club shirts, banners, items to give away (e.g. dice). We have an overall Bugeater Cup champion, and we’ll award a Best 40k Club as well (among others)! Past Winners: 2017 Overall Best Club: Kingsmen 40k Best Club: War Hogs Kings of War Best Club: Outlanders 2016 Overall Best Club: Outlanders 40k Best Club: War Hogs Kings of War Best Club: Outlanders 2015 Overall Best Club: Cornhammer 40k Best Club: Frozen North Fantasy Best Club: Droppin’ Deuces 2014 Overall Best Club: Cornhammer 40k Best Club: C-State Domination Fantasy Best Club: Flying Monkeys

Painting Rubric

Players will be asked to self-assess their army using the provided rubric. You will need to write your name on the top of this sheet and set it out during the Saturday lunch break. Remember: the maximum painting points a player can earn is 32. During the lunch break, our paint judges will look at how you scored your army, inspect your army, and make any adjustments to your point total (up or down). If your sheet is gone, that is how you’ll know we judged your army.

Initial Judging Points

There is at least one model in the army that has undercoat as one of its three colors to meet tournament minimums.

0

The army is fully painted, but only to the most basic requirements. 10

Army is fully painted, and is painted beyond the minimum tournament standard. Give benefit to this unless there are models in the army that have an undercoat as one of its three colors.

15

Model Basing Points

Bare bases, no flock 0

Basic one flock 1

Multiple flock or highlights with one flock 4

Bases with variety of flock, highlights, and additional elements. 6

Conversions Points

No conversions of note (none, or just a couple rank and file models have head or arm swaps) 0

Units or character models have multi-kit conversions (head/weapon/bitz swaps). 2

The army has difficult conversions including use of greenstuff for sculpting, putty, plasticard and/or has significant multi-kit conversions for the entire army.

4

The army includes scratch built conversions or sculpts, a large amount of models with difficult conversions (see above description), or the entire army is extremely converted.

6

Painting Skills Points

No advanced techniques 0

The models incorporate basic highlight/shading 2

The models incorporate layering with highlights or blending (but not seamless) 4

The models have been shaded with seamless blending 8

Display Base Points

Standard cookie sheet or rubbermaid lid to move the army around 0

A prepared display base for the army with basic flock, painting, etc. 2

A display base that has terrain elements, flock, and use of painting techniques (e.g shading) 4

An exceptional display base that blows the judge away – an impressive diorama 6

Extras: Details Points

No extras 0

The army has rough freehand work, basic unit markings, and/or basic vehicle weathering 2

The army has quality freehand work , clean unit markings, and/or vehicle weathering 4

The army has exceptional freehand work, stellar unit markings, and/or realistic vehicle weathering 8

Total (if the total exceeds 32, only award 32 points):

Start of Game Sequence When preparing to play a round at the Bugeater, complete the following pre-game items in the following sequence:

1. Terrain: Terrain should already be set up. If there is any confusion about terrain, please contact a judge at this point.

2. Army Abilities: Before any dice are rolled, both players choose Warlord Traits, Psychic Powers, spend pre-deployment command points, and any additional Relics they will use. These should be written or notated clearly for reference in game.

3. Players will reveal their choices from Step 2 simultaneously. 4. Roll for Deployment Type: Players roll off for deployment. The player who rolled higher

randomly determines the deployment type from the maps on pg. 216-217 of the 40k Main Rulebook, and then chooses their deployment zone.

5. Objectives: Players then place objectives following scenario guidelines as listed on each mission. Instructions for placing objectives are as follows:

a. All objectives are considered to be on the ground floor, and may not be placed inside of enclosed buildings. Move terrain if necessary to accommodate this requirement.

b. Distances are measured to and from models to the closest point of the objective marker when determining which models are in range to control an objective.

6. Secondary Missions: Each player chooses 3 of the Secondary Mission Objectives listed below. A player may only choose each mission once. They then reveal them to their opponent simultaneously.

7. Deploy Forces: The player who lost the roll-off in for deployment type deploys the first unit. Deployment proceeds normally thereafter.

Determining First Turn:

1. Players roll off for first turn. a. The player that finished deploying first gets a +1 modifier to the roll to go first.

2. The player that wins the roll-off may choose to go first or second. 3. The player that goes second may choose to roll to seize the initiative.

Tournament Missions If there is any confusion, you must consult a member of the tournament staff.

Scoring Primary: Players earn points at the end of their player turn (1 point for holding at least 1

objective, 1 point for destroying at least 1 enemy unit), and at the end of the battle turn (1 point for holding more objectives than your opponent, 1 point for destroying more units than your opponent)

Secondary: At the start of the game, each player chooses 3 secondary missions to complete. Players earn up to 4 points per secondary mission. The secondary missions are listed on the next page.

Game Length

Each game lasts 6 battle rounds. Concession

If one player concedes before time is called or the game has come to a natural conclusion, then they automatically score 0 points and their opponent has won the game. At the time of concession, the victor keeps their current score and earns 4 points per remaining Battle Round towards the Primary Mission, assuming their army has enough forces to accomplish mission objectives. Additionally, the victor also earns the maximum number of possible Secondary Mission points left to them, also assuming the victor’s army has the capability to accomplish the mission objectives.

Tabled

If a player is tabled (a player has no qualifying models on the table at the end of any player turn), the tabled player keeps their points earned up until that point in the game, and their opponent earns points in the same fashion as outlined above under the rules for a concession.

Secondary Missions: Headhunter: 1pt for each enemy Character that is destroyed.

Kingslayer: Choose an enemy model that is a Character.

Earn 1 point for every 2 wounds of damage it loses, cumulatively.

In the instance where a Character may regenerate wounds or resurrect during the course of the game, total wounds it loses over the course of the game are counted towards this mission.

If the model selected has the Character and Vehicle or Monster keywords, you earn 1 point for every 4 wounds it loses.

If the Character is also your opponent’s Warlord, earn 1 additional point if it is destroyed.

An enemy Character selected for Kingslayer may not also generate points for Titan Slayers.

The Reaper: Earn a point for every enemy unit that is destroyed that began the game with 10+ models. If a unit begins the game with 20+ models, you earn 2 points if it is destroyed.

Recon: Have a unit at least partially in each table quarter at the end of your player turn. A unit may only count as being in one table quarter at a time for the purposes of this rule. 1pt per turn.

Big Game Hunter: 1 point for every enemy model with 10 or more wounds that is destroyed.

Titan Slayers: For every 8 wounds lost by enemy units with the Titanic keyword in total throughout the course of the game, earn 1 point.

A model chosen for Kingslayer may not also generate points for Titan Slayers, even if that model has the Titanic keyword.

Example: One enemy Titanic model loses 4 wounds turn 1, and a different enemy Titanic unit loses 12 wounds turn 2 for a total of 16 wounds lost in total to enemy Titanic models. You earn 2pts towards this objective.

Behind Enemy Lines: 1 point if at the end of your player turn you have 2 or more of your units at least partially within 12” of your opponent’s rear most and longest board edge.

Death by a Thousand Cuts: Earn 1 point for every 3 enemy units destroyed in a Battle Round.

Example: 5 enemy units are destroyed in the first Battle Round, you earn 1pt towards this mission. In the

second Battle Round, 7 enemy units are destroyed and you earn 2 pts towards this objective.

Old School: Earn 1 point for the following:

First Strike: An enemy unit is destroyed in the first Battle Round. Slay the Warlord: The enemy Warlord is destroyed at game’s end. Linebreaker: Have one of your models within your opponent’s deployment zone at the end of the game. Last Strike: An enemy unit is destroyed in the last Battle Round played.

Gang Busters: Select an enemy unit consisting of multi-wound models. Earn 1 point for the following:

Each enemy model in the chosen unit destroyed that started the game with 5 or more wounds. Every two enemy models in the chosen unit destroyed that started the game with 3 to 4

wounds.

Sample Scenario All missions can be found in the ITC Pack found here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ltQMdeDqYRXOhvdYT3dtUSji3AISvZRM8gDlhOXDaF8

Scenario 1: Seize Ground

Deployment: Random

6 objectives placed as shown:

Seize Ground Bonus Point: If a player holds or contests 5 or more objectives at the end of their

player turn, gain 1 point.

For an objective to be contested, both players have models within 3” of it but neither controls it.

This typically occurs because both players have an equal number of models within range of the

objective and either none of them are Objective Secured, or all of them are.

Score Sheet